Intercampus Faculty Council Agendas Wednesday, October 29, 2003

President's Conference Room

Columbia

9:30 a.m. IFC members

Major Discussion Items

Feedback from campus faculty and from Chief Academic Officers and deans on the IFC draft CRR 310.080. (Distributed as Draft #4 dated 9/12/2003 by Email to all by E. Porter)

Assessment of the current Faculty Accomplishment System (FAS) by all IFC members. Will IFC endorse its full implementation? (Please make your individual assessment prior to the IFC meeting: https://iatservices.missouri.edu/fas/)

Discussion of Resource Allocation Principles following meetings with Bill Massy on September 18 and 19, 2003

Progress of Program Viability Audit process on all 4 campuses.

A related item has ben raised by the October Board meeting, which accepted the first new degree programs that were subject to UM President's Criteria and the required minimum enrollments by Year 5.

What procedures have been established for action in case at Year 5 the minimal enrollment has not been realized? Where are these documented? Will a PVA process start? Will the program be discontinued automatically? What happens to faculty and staff hired specifically for the new program? Furthermore, in case the very rosy budget predictions are not realized, will an audit be triggered and by what level of underperformance?

During the October Board meeting a Leadership Performance presentation was given by a consultant who had interviewed administrators on thefour campuses, down to the deans level. The question was raised whetherthe 'predictable outcome', suggesting many actions that are already on-going, was worth the money and effort, and whether such assessment,if desired, could have been done at least as well by faculty with appropriate expertise [Schweitzberger]. The suggestion by CuratorDon Walsworth to "go beyond this level", raised the question whether thismeant faculty or whether this meant associate/assistant deans anddepartment chairs.

Update Items

Updated IFC Website. [Volle, Lehmkuhle]

Will UMKC become a pilot site for the Grant Incentive Program? [Lehmkuhle]

Faclty Awards [Graham, Lehmkuhle]

Conflict of Interest Update [Wilden, Lehmkuhle]

Questions have been raised about the Imaging System choice; Expected system features, funding, timing, and process implementation. [Caruso]